{"id":523,"date":"2024-04-13T19:29:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T19:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/?p=523"},"modified":"2024-04-13T20:42:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T20:42:31","slug":"4-13-wynchar-diary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/2024\/04\/13\/4-13-wynchar-diary\/","title":{"rendered":"4\/13 WynChar Diary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Z-towns visited:<\/strong> 2 (Zarautz and Zumaia, a big Z-day for us)
Z-town festivals stumbled upon by chance: 1<\/strong>
Surf towns visited: 1<\/b><\/span>
Proud Basque taxi drivers<\/strong>: 1
American pilgrims talked to: <\/strong>3
Fish dishes: <\/strong>1 (sea bass)
Outdoor elevators ridden: <\/strong>1
Alcohol units: <\/strong>0 (no sidra today)
Rectilinear churches encountered: <\/strong>1
Places named after me: <\/strong>1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zarautz is the main surfing town along this section of the Norte. We passed 3-4 surf shops and saw a surfing class, along with several dozen surfers. The waves were good today. I\u2019m no expert but I would say 5-6 feet. It was a warm spring Saturday so lots of people were at the beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our previous dentist (DeFazio) married a woman from Zarautz. Now we realize she must be Basque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was hard to get a reservation in Zumaia where we are staying tonight and when we got here it seemed pretty busy. The woman who checked us in said it was a big festival. We looked it up and it was the second weekend of the San Telmo festival, the patron saint of fishermen. The place was mobbed, people were wearing blue and had a blue and white scarf on. We were lucky to get into the restaurant we ate at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pamplona, a bit south of here, has the festival of San Fermin. They wear red neckerchiefs. And they have the famous running of the bulls. Pamplona is also in Basque country. Here there are no bulls and the neckerchiefs are blue plaid. But lots of people on the street having a good time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Basques are proud of their heritage and love to tell you about it. We took a taxi ride with a chatty guy and he told us all about it and the famous Basque people from the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Inside the restaurant where we had lunch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We have talked to dozens of pilgrims so far but today was the first Americans. They noticed the Zia symbol on Wynette\u2019s pack and the wife was wearing a t-shirt with a Zia on it. They were from San Jose but had visited NM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had sea bass prepared in the local style, very good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sea bass before<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sea bass after<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


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A fabulous salad to start<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


Our room is at the top of the town. There were two long flights of stairs that we carried our packs up. On the way down we noticed the elevator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elevator for the neighborhood to use<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We saw some people waiting for it at the top. The elevator came up and the previous group who had gone down were back up and said the door would not open at the bottom. So one guy went down to try again. The door opened for him. We all got in and went down. Darn, the door would not open. So we went back up and then back down. This time it opened! I guess it only opens every other time. Better than never opening at the bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not sure this is a church but it looks like one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The spelling is different<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Our enthusiastic taxi driver <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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